BILL NUMBER: AB 1927	CHAPTERED  09/11/00

	CHAPTER   378
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 28, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 20, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2000

   An act relating to the Rim of the Valley Trail.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1927, Kuehl.  Rim of the Valley Trail.
   Existing law recognizes the Rim of the Valley Trail and requires
the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to prepare and adopt a
coordinated trail development plan and recreational access program
for the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
   This bill would rename the Rim of the Valley Trail the "Marge
Feinberg Rim of the Valley Trail."  The bill would request the
conservancy to determine the cost of erecting appropriate plaques and
markers showing the special designation, and upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those
plaques and markers.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Marjorie Feinberg originated the concept of the 50-mile Rim of
the Valley Trail as a student, developing the idea through a master'
s degree thesis in which she proposed a specific route.
   (b) Over the next 25 years, she worked to guarantee acquisition of
the land and development of the trail.  She traveled to every
meeting of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy as well as any
other group in which the trail would be discussed, to be available
for comment and information.  She organized support groups for the
trail in every portion of the San Fernando Valley and surrounding
towns.
   (c) Marjorie Feinberg has received numerous commendations for her
work on the Rim of the Valley Trail, including a Certificate of Honor
from Los Angeles Beautiful, commendations from the City of Los
Angeles and Mayor Bradley, a Certificate of Recognition from the
Assembly of the State of California, and a posthumous Outstanding
Public Service Award from California State University, Northridge.
   (d) Marjorie Feinberg died on February 2, 1999.  Her one wish
during her illness was to live to see the completion of the Rim of
the Valley Trail.
   (e) It is an appropriate memorial to name the trail the "Marge
Feinberg Rim of the Valley Trail" to acknowledge the fact that,
without her tireless efforts, the Rim of the Valley Trail would never
have been completed.
  SEC. 1.5.  The Rim of the Valley Trail shall be known as the Marge
Feinberg Rim of the Valley Trail.  The Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy is requested to determine the cost of erecting
appropriate plaques and markers showing the special designation, and
upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those plaques and markers.
